1
: one that brings to a halt or causes to stop operating or functioning : check: such as
a
: a playing card that will stop the running of a suit
b
: a baseball pitcher depended on to win important games or to stop a losing streak
also
: an effective relief pitcher
2
: one that closes, shuts, or fills up
specifically
: something (such as a bung or cork) used to plug an opening
stoppered; stoppering
ˈstä-p(ə-)riŋ 
: to close or secure with or as if with a stopper
stopper the bottle
Examples of stopper in a Sentence
Noun
His comment was a conversation stopper.
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Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 26 June 2024
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Noun
The deal keeps New York’s floor spacer and defensive stopper at Madison Square Garden for the foreseeable future albeit at a hefty price for a player who projects as the fourth scoring option on a team hoping to compete for a title.
—Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 26 June 2024
Anyone with information may call police at 510-238-3426 or Crime stoppers at 510-777-8572.
—Harry Harris, The Mercury News, 22 May 2024
Verb
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Like O’Rourke, this debate will be one of his best chances to stopper any more losses.
—Los Angeles Times, 30 July 2019
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“Stopper.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stopper. Accessed 15 Jul. 2024.
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